Steve Atkins: Swaks on macOS

Swaks has long been my favorite quick and dirty tool for poking at mail servers. It's powerful, flexible, scriptable, and it doesn't hide anything behind a shiny GUI. I find it perfect for connecting to email servers behind MX records to test all kinds of SMTP scenarios.

If you missed it, I last wrote a bit about it here: Swaks is a cool tool and has been updated.

And if you're on macOS and running into trouble installing it, Steve Atkins over at Word to the Wise just posted a handy walkthrough for getting Swaks working on modern macs. Steve explains the hiccups people run into and how to resolve 'em.

So, go grab Swaks, give Steve's guide a look if you're on a Mac, and keep on troubleshooting!